Today the Prince of Wales made a trip to Afghanistan and anyone carefully watching the Sky News clip of the visit will have spotted him alongside the Conservative candidate for Penrith and the Border, Rory Stewart, who was taking a brief break from campaigning to be there.

As the Prince explains in tomorrow's Sun, apart from meeting British troops in Afghanistan, he wanted to visit the Turquoise Mountain Foundation in Kabul, which was started by Rory Stewart five years ago and of which he is a joint patron with Presidenrt Karzai:

"Rory Stewart has done a
fantastic job there and I was so thrilled to get to that, the old historic
part of Kabul, and his work there has again been quite remarkable. He's trained so many Afghans, he's removed seven feet of rubbish from
the streets, there's full employment in the area, they've restored the
buildings, the whole things - educational projects, healthcare, putting in
sewage, everything."

Read more about Turquoise Mountain here. Below is the full Sky report on the Prince's visit to Afghanistan.

It has a projected majority of 9,307 over the Liberal Democrats and is one of the most beautiful seats in Britain: Penrith and the Border.

Last night David Maclean MP - former Home Office minister and former Shadow Chief Whip - told his local Conservative Association that ill health would mean he could no longer give England's largest constituency the "full pelt" service it deserves. Mr Maclean has been suffering from multiple sclerosis for some time.